So, you missed the first day of South By Southwest because you were stuck working your crummy day job and now you can’t get out to Austin to go see anything in person.What’s a fanboy to do?Well, here’s an overview of the cool stuff they have coming up this weekend that we thought might connect with the ComicBook.com audience. Check back throughout the weekend because as we cover events and announcements, we’ll add links into the schedule here.Check out this story from Friday’s premiere of Sony’s Evil Dead remake!Oh, and an update on Evil Dead 4 from Sam Raimi.Frenemies: Fanning the Flames of FandomSaturday at 11 a.m.Storytellers! Underestimate the power of fandom at your peril. If a storyteller has done his or her job right, they have created a rich story world complete with canons, tropes and multiple layers of mythology- a world that is ripe for hijacking and take over by the fans. From alternate universes to slash fiction and additive fan created canon the relationship between the storyteller and the fan enabled by technology has become more and more complex and can best be described as one of “frenemies”- “friend + enemy”. What represents a victory to the fan may represent a loss of control to the storyteller. So how does a storyteller manage a fan community that may know more about the story world then they do? Who owns the IP? Is fandom like nuclear power that can be used for good or evil? We’ll venture deep into the fan underworld with a panel that breathes the air and serves the Kool-Aid.Get Ready to Rumble!: How WWE is Crushing Social TVSaturday at 11 a.m.With more than 123 million fans/followers on Facebook and Twitter, WWE ranks among the sports world’s digital leaders. Wrestlemania XXVIII alone generated 110 worldwide trends over the show’s five-hour period and the hashtag #Wrestlemania was mentioned more than 610,000 times on the day of the event. Learn how WWE’s integrated marketing and content strategy is driving bone crushing levels of engagement by connecting Superstars directly with their fans – delivering exclusive content, stunning face-offs and real-time experiences that dominate social television.John Cena will appear.Political Cartooning: From Dead Trees to Live WireSaturday at 11:45 a.m.Political cartooning has been around since ancient Rome and is more popular with readers than ever before. Now that print media is being replaced with online distribution channels, however, they’re being left behind—and content-based websites are missing the chance to exploit this powerful mix of words and pictures. Cartoonist, author, ex-newspaper syndicate executive and occasional comix war correspondent Ted Rall explains how cartoons—not just political cartoons—can bring more eyeballs to your website and can be directly monetized.
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